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Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Tournament International Wrestling ndodhur në dy faza në mes të majit 19, 1915 dhe dhjetor 31, 1915. Pesëdhjetë mundësit do të konkurrojnë në fazën e parë të turneut, duke përfshirë Botërore greko-romak kampion Aleksandër “Alex” Aberg. Kësti i dytë kishte 40 mundësit duke përfshirë deri dhe të vijnë yll ed “Strangler” Lewis, i cili u bashkua një muaj në turneun më November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons ishte një francez greko-romake Champion Wrestling. Ai ishte mjaft e mirë për të dhënë George Hackenschmidt një të kandidojë për paratë e tij në disa turne. Megjithatë, kur ai erdhi në Çikago në 1900, ai ishte i “i mundur” nga një mundës lokale. Rrethanat e humbjes lënë shumë për të dëshiruar. Paul Pons udhëtoi për në Shtetet e Bashkuara në 1900. One
Earl Caddock pati një karrierë relativisht të shkurtër, por me histori të mundjes profesionale në fund të viteve 1910 dhe në fillim të viteve 1920. Duke bërë debutimin e tij profesional në 1915 pasi fitoi tre tituj të AAU Kombëtare në mundje amatore, Caddock luftoi vetëm profesionalisht deri 1922. Megjithatë, ai do të njihej si kampion bote pasi mposhti Joe Stecher në prill 1917. Caddock do të humbiste titullin përsëri
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Fermer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 £. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg luftoi në
Më dhjetor 1, 1938 në 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 vjeç. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Ndërsa kjo histori mund ose mund
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch shikoi rivalin e tij George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Plani i Rachmann për themelimin e Aberg po shkonte siç ishte planifikuar pas fillimit të turneut
Më dhjetor 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the